Word: finding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...perspective it furnishes of the lives of our western forefathers, and the vast movements of humanity from east to west following the Civil War. Those who cherish memories of the true West and are surfeited with the false and discordant atmosphere shed by cheap novels and moving pictures will find refreshment, instruction, and entertainment in Mr. Collins' attractively illustrated work. If such praise sound profuse, the reviewer merely wishes to point out that Hamlin Garland, certainly an authority on the subject, is of the same opinion. In fact, he is even more enthusiastic being a true lover of the country...
...will find them very interesting...
...Jerusalem, Amsterdam, Calcutta, Berlin and hundreds of other cities the sign Bat'a is displayed above a store which is the acme of modernity. Indeed a pilgrim to the Holy City will find that Bat'a's shoe shop in Jerusalem has "done" its windows in smart "modernistic" squares and angles...
Despite this shrewd secrecy, on the part of General McCoy, a story spread like wildfire among ignorant Nicaraguan natives that those who do not vote for the Conservative candidate (supposed to be favored by President Coolidge) will find themselves poisoned by the stain...
...Know Me, Al. Somehow Ring Lardner has been able to put Jack Keefe, himself in person, onto the stage, and Walter Huston plays the part so that you forget it is one. George M. Cohan produced the play and Cohan plays have plots; therefore you will find, muffling the funny and pathetic character of "Hurry" Kane, a ridiculous jumble about an attempted Black Sox deal which is very nearly sufficient to spoil the play entirely...